Kurt Vonnegut

Jailbird

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Produktbeschreibung

"[Kurt Vonnegut] has never been more satirically on-target. . . . Nothing is spared."-People Jailbird takes us into a fractured and comic, pure Vonnegut world of high crimes and misdemeanors in government-and in the heart. This wry tale follows bumbling bureaucrat Walter F. Starbuck from Harvard to the Nixon White House to the penitentiary as Watergate's least known co-conspirator. But the humor turns dark when Vonnegut shines his spotlight on the cold hearts and calculated greed of the mighty, giving a razor-sharp edge to an unforgettable portrait of power and politics in our times. Praise for Jailbird "[Vonnegut] is our strongest writer . . . the most stubbornly imaginative."-John Irving "A gem . . . a mature, imaginative novel-possibly the best he has written . . . Jailbird is a guided tour de force of America. Take it!"-Playboy "A profoundly humane comedy . . . Jailbird definitely mounts up on angelic wings-in its speed, in its sparkle, and in its high-flying intent."-Chicago Tribune Book World "Joyously inventive . . . gleams with the loony magic Vonnegut alone can achieve."-Cosmopolitan "Vonnegut is our great apocalyptic writer, the closest thing we've had to a prophet since . . . Lenny Bruce."-Chicago Sun-Times "Vonnegut at his impressive best. . . . His imaginative leaps alone . . . are worth the price of admission. . . . His far-reaching metaphysical and cultural concerns . . . are ultimately serious and worth our contemplation."-The Washington Post

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Random House LLC
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 134mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 268g
• ISBN-13: 9780385333900
• ISBN-10: 0385333900
• Artikelnr.: 22208326

Autorenporträt

Kurt Vonnegut